"Come on now. You know you are getting worried. It has been over ten minutes." Maxius said.
"Oh ok. Maybe just a little bit. Not really I am starting to get really worried. They most definitely should have been back by now." Cazmir said. "I wonder what is taking them so long."
Maxius was past worried. He wanted her back to the room and back now. He knew he shouldn't have let them go alone. There was no reason for them to have gone alone. He should have demanded to go for them. Even if that made him sound like a misogynistic pig. However he just wanted her safe.
"Where's the Thalia?" Ivy asked. "We want the snacks."
"She will be back soon." Maxius told her. Looking back to Cazmir he added. "I think I am going to go look for them."
"Give them a little while longer. Maybe they can't decide what they want to get." Cazmir told him.
Then Maxius heard a small sound on the other side of the door. It sounded like a little hit. He rushed forward and threw the door open. He would never forget the sight that greeted him. Thyme and Tryx were both injured and limping. Their little wings weren't working. Their faces were in turmoil. They had what looked like rug burn. What the hell had happened to them. Where the hell was Thalia and Psyche.
"What happened?" he said, rushing forward towards the two of them. He needed to make sure they were going to be ok. "Are you guys going to be ok?" he added getting to his knees.
"The Thalia." Thyme said in a weak voice.
"The Thalia what? Come on Thyme." He picked both imps up and held them close. "What happened."
"They took the Thalia. They took the Thalia." Tryx said hysterically. "Oh the goddess they have the Thalia."
"Who has Thalia? Where is Psyche?" Cazmir asked.
Holy fucking shit. Someone took them. He knew it was a bad idea that they went alone. Now what the hell were they going to do? There had to be a way to find them. Cradling the imps even closer he started to look them over. They weren't hurt too bad. They both had lacerations on their faces and it looked like rug burn on their arms. Like someone might have smacked them out of the air.
"I am going to go to the vending area and see what I can find." Maxius said. "Cazmir, round everyone up and see if anyone else is missing. We need to make sure everyone else is ok. All of you imps stay in the room and don't leave."
"We the sorry." Thyme said. "We tried so the hard. They used the magic on the us. We couldn't the move."
"Shh. Shh. it is going to be ok. We will get Thalia back." he really hoped he wasn't lying to them. He wanted to get her back and get her back now. "You two go get cleaned up. Take some time to rest too. We will probably be leaving soon."
"They had witches, Maxius. When did they get fucking witches?" Cazmir demanded. "Jace didn't say anything about witches."
"Maybe it wasn't Ezekiel. It could have been someone else. Or maybe he did recruit some of the others here recently though. There is no way to tell. Not until we see the pack in person." Maxius answered.
Then he took off for the door. He was glad that Thyme and Tryx weren't injured too badly. However he needed to find Thalia or at least get a lead on where they could be. He ran as fast as he could down the corridor. All the way to the vending machines. When he got there you could tell there had been a hell of a fight.
When he found one of Thalia's knives on the ground he picked it up. There was some blood spatter on the vending machine. Leaning in close he knew it wasn't Thalia's. Thanks fuck. He did however find blood spatter from her on the floor. It wasn't much though. They must have wanted to keep her alive. So it must have been Ezekiel. There wasn't much left at the scene except some blood and one of Thalia's knives.
Heading back to the room he pulled out his phone and looked for any missed phone calls or texts from Xavier. There wasn't any though. Hopefully someone had heard from him back in the rooms. He really hoped someone had anyway. Knowing his luck no one would have. Going at a quick clip he made it to the rooms in no time. When he got there everyone was gathered in the hallway. Everyone seemed to be in attendance except for Thalia and Psyche.
"We need to get Psyche and Thalia back as soon as possible. They are more than likely in the hands of our enemies. We will be splitting into groups and searching until we find them." Cazmir said.
"How the hell did this happen?" Shade asked.
"They went to the vending machines and it seems like that is as far as they made it. There was some blood and I found one of Thalia's knives. There wasn't much else there." Maxius said.
Then everyone started to talk over one another. Maxius was so worried. There was no telling what Ezekiel would be doing to them if they did have them. He had been looking for Thalia for so long. He really hoped that they didn't have them. More than likely he did though. They needed to find them as soon as possible. They would have to go to war to get them back and he knew that.
"Enough." Cazmir bellowed. "We won't get anywhere like this."
"How did they find us? We were not followed. Someone had to have told them where we were at." Traynora asked.
"There is no telling. You could have been anyone." Shade said, looking around at the group. "We could have been followed though and just didn't realize it."
Maxius really hoped there wasn't a traitor in the group. How fucked up would that be. If he had to guess though he would say it would have been.. Actually he wasn't even going to go there. He didn't even want to think about there being a traitor. He trusted all of these people. Every last one of them.
He was so worried about Thalia and Psyche. He wanted to get out there and start looking for them. They needed to start looking, the longer they waited the further they got away.
"Ok. ok. This is what we need to do. We are going to spit up. Me and Cazmir are going to be in one group. We are taking the imps with us. You guys split up how you want to. Me and Cazmir are going to go and see if there are cameras and video of what happened. The rest of you start on the streets and see if you can find anything. We will check in an hour."
Then they were all splitting up. Then Maxius and Cazmir were heading to the front desk. Maxius really hoped they found something on the cameras if there was any. Surely there would be some. They were staying in a nice hotel. He just hoped there were cameras at the entrances and the vending areas.
Once they made it to the front desk. They looked around. There could be more people around. They needed to keep their eyes open. They could have left people to watch them. To lead them in a different direction. There wasn't much to see though. Just the front desk. There wasn't even anyone behind it. Going up closer to the front desk he rang the bell. Once, twice, three times. Finally someone came.
"May I help you?" The man behind the desk asked.
He was short. Maybe around five seven. He had brown hair and green eyes. Maxius sniffed the air. He was human. So hopefully he wasn't working with Ezekiel. Surely he wouldn't have humans in the mix. The others meaning the supernaturals might be legal some humans had a hard time with it. They were still killed all the time.
"Yes we were wondering if we could see your camera footage. Mainly the ones by the vending machines down the hall." Maxius answered.
"We can't let you see the video. You have to have a warrant to see the video. Is there anything else I can help you with?" the man said.
Fuck. they really needed to see the video. They needed to see who took them. "Are you sure we can't see the Footage?" Maxius asked.
"Yeah it is really important that you let us see the footage." Cazmir said.
Time to bust out the tricks thank fuck, Maxius thought. One way or another they were going to see the footage. The man didn't need to know that they saw it. Looking into the man's eyes Maxius said. "You are going to let us see the Footage. You want us to see it. You're going to show it to us now."
"Sure." The man said dazed. "Sure right this way. Usually we wouldn't do this but I want to show you."
Then they were following the man behind the desk. Then they were standing in a small room, one of the walls was nothing but small screens. You could see all the different areas of the hotel. Then he saw the vending machine area. Walking closer to the wall he got to the controls. Then he clicked on the zoom button for that certain area. Then he rewinded the footage.
What he saw shocked him. Once he got to the part when they first got to the vending machines he pressed play. There was no sound however you could see they were all talking. They were all smiling. And Thyme and Tryx were flying around them. Then he saw Thalia turn and freeze. It was an unnatural pose. So this must be when the attack started. She was bent at the waist with her head turned to her left. Then he saw Thyme and Tryx take off. They didn't make it far. Then they were crashing to the ground without anyone touching them. Must be witches. Then he saw Thalia move slightly and grab a knife and throw it. You couldn't see if it hit her target. However she started to move and went off the view of the camera. Then you could see Psyche fighting a very large male. When the male quit fighting back and froze Psyche was hit over the head by another male. Then she was being dragged away. Thalia was never back on the screen. The videos weren't much to go on.
"Thank you. We really appreciate you showing us the footage." Maxius said.
"Well that didn't help much." Cazmir said while they were walking out. "Psyche got hit too hard. She better be ok." he growled the ending.
"Psyche held her own for a while. That was a sneak attack." Maxius replied. "They better both be ok when we find them. Because we will find them. I won't have it any other way."
He really hoped they found them in time. They wouldn't hurt Thalia too bad. Psyche on the other hand there was no telling. She was a witch and could wield power without touching anyone. They would probably gag her and tie her hands behind her back. He hoped that is all they did to her.
"They both better be ok when we find them. Because you are right we will find them. I am going to try and get a hold of Xavier again. I don't know what is taking so long for him to get back to us. Maybe Ezekiel and his pack have started to wage war against him. That is the only thing I can think of."
Then Maxius watched him get his phone out and place it to his ear. He could hear the ringing on the other end.
"Xavier." was the answer from the other end of the phone.
"Xavier. You need to know we are in Salem."
Then Maxius Listened while Cazmir told Xavier everything that was going on. How Psyche and Thalia got taken. Why they were in Salem and everything in between.
"Of course we will meet you. Where do you want us to go?" Cazmir asked.
"To the tower. I will be there as soon as I can." the disembodied voice said through the phone.
Then everyone and the imps piled into cars and left.

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In the pitch of night: When He Finds You
RomanceWhat can you do when you are running for your life. That's the question that needs to be answered. Who can help? Will it always be this way? The need to feed is always there. But what happens when you feed on the wrong person.